Centerplate

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| name = Centerplate, Inc.

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| location_city = Stamford, CT{{Cite web|url=http://www.centerplate.com/contact-us/|title=Contact Us | Centerplate|website=www.centerplate.com|access-date=2014-08-28|archive-date=2014-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903094420/http://centerplate.com/contact-us/|url-status=dead}}

| location_country = United States

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| key_people = Chris Verros, CEO

| industry = Event Hospitality Services

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| num_employees = 30,000{{cite web |url=http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=CVP&page=quotesearch |title=Company Profile for Centerplate Inc (CVP) |accessdate=2008-10-14}}

| parent = Sodexo

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| homepage = [http://www.centerplate.com www.centerplate.com]

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Centerplate, Inc. is a food and beverage corporation serving entertainment venues in North America, and the UK.{{Cite web|url=http://www.centerplate.co.uk/client-venues|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115647/http://www.centerplate.co.uk/client-venues|url-status=dead|title=Centerplate UK venues|archivedate=August 26, 2014}}

Centerplate, formerly known as Volume Services America, Inc., was originally a division of Canteen Corp. In 1995, it was sold to Flagstar, controlled by private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), which then sold Volume Services to The Blackstone Group after Flagstar filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/30/business/company-news-flagstar-agrees-to-sell-its-stadium-foods-unit.html FLAGSTAR AGREES TO SELL ITS STADIUM FOODS UNIT]. New York Times, November 30, 1995{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/12/business/denny-s-parent-makes-bankruptcy-filing.html|title=Denny's parent makes bankruptcy filing|date=July 12, 1997|access-date=March 11, 2023|website=The New York Times|language=en}} Volume Services changed its name to Centerplate in 2004 when the company completed an IPO. In 2009, Centerplate again became a private company following its merger with an affiliate of Kohlberg & Company. In 2012, Centerplate was acquired by a consortium of investors including members of the then current management team as well as private equity firm Olympus Partners.[http://www.kohlberg.com/ViewDocument.aspx?f=PYYT_Centerplate%20-%20Liquidity%20-%20Sale.pdf Centerplate Finalizes Management Led Buyout & Agreement with Olympus Partners]. In 2017, Centerplate was acquired by food services company Sodexo.{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sodexo-becomes-a-leading-player-in-sports--leisure-globally-with-the-acquisition-of-centerplate-300556423.html|title=Sodexo becomes a leading player in Sports & Leisure globally with the acquisition of Centerplate|last=Sodexo|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-14}}